#DCDEC9#DCDEC9

#DCDEC9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.028 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCDEC9
RGB	rgb(220, 222, 201)
HSL	hsl(66, 24%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(66, 9%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 9.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.81, -4.31, 10.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.81, 10.95, 113.15°)
OKLab	oklab(89.34% -0.0103 0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(89.34% 0.028 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.1777, 71.6755, 65.5954)
Luminance	0.7167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDEC9 #CBC9DE

analogous

#DED5C9 #DCDEC9 #D1DEC9

triadic

#DCDEC9 #C9DCDE #DEC9DC

tetradic

#DCDEC9 #C9DED5 #CBC9DE #DEC9D1

square

#DCDEC9 #C9DED5 #CBC9DE #DEC9D1

split-complementary

#DCDEC9 #C9D1DE #D5C9DE

monochromatic

#ABB07D #C3C7A3 #DCDEC9 #F3F3EC #F3F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DCDEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#DCDEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDEC9

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDEC9	1.00	1.37	15.34	15.34
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2DCC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2DDCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFDBD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 222, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.028 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e8d9',
    500: '#dcdec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdec9;
$custom-light: #e6e8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.714,
    "s": 24.138,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89338,
    "c": 0.02819,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDEC9

secondary

#9996B5

accent

#43A34C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDEC9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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